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508 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1989 · 4-story walk-up · 14 apartments

3 open violations, none immediately hazardous. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
32 · 1
Public record
Updated yesterdayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

Violations issued each year
YearHazardousNon-hazardous
202200
202300
2024122
202500
2026 so far00

Plus 6 violations from 2019 to 2021. Counted when issued, whether open or fixed since. Paperwork left out.

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Found most often since 2022
  • Doors and windows 4
  • Fire and safety equipment 3
  • Floors and stairs 2
Open per apartment
0.2 (3 open across 14 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
23 Apr 2024 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

It is listed under a tax-benefit program (421-a or J-51). Stabilization that comes from one of these can end when the benefit does, so ask when it expires.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Hazardous2 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Abate the infestation consisting of roaches in the entire apartment, 2nd story at west

    Issued 3 Mar 2019Notice sent out 3 Mar 2019Pests§ 27-2017.4

  • Properly repair the source and abate the evidence of a water leak ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 3 Mar 2019Notice sent out 3 Mar 2019Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2026

Non-hazardous1 open

Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in uniform color ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at west

    Issued 3 Mar 2019Notice sent out 3 Mar 2019Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

17 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling at fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling and south wall at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling and south wall at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective fire retardant material at ceiling and south wall at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • Repair the roof so that it will not leak at ceiling at fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department at ceiling at fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 27 Aug 2024Floors and stairs§ 27-2013

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective glass at building entrance door at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of hot water exceeding the maximum allowable temperature of 130 degrees fahrenheit at all hot water fixtures in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Heat and hot water§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair or replace the carbon monoxide detecting device(s). defective in the entire apartment, 3rd story at west

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

  • Refit door to fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Refit defective door and frame at door to fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Properly repair or replace the broken or defective handle at door to fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation dismissed 17 Jul 2024Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door and frame at door to fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 4th story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation closed 12 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective door & frame at door to fire stairs at east, labeled 'b' at public hall, 3rd story

    Issued 23 Apr 2024Violation closed 12 May 2024Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +3

  • Post sign on wall of entrance story bearing name, address including apartment number if any, and telephone number of superintendent, janitor or housekeeper. at public hall, 1st story

    Issued 28 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 23 Feb 2022Super and management§ 27-2053

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the compactor closets all storys at compactor closet

    Issued 28 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 28 Dec 2021Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Remove all encumbrances consisting of furniture at fire stairs, 4th story

    Issued 28 Aug 2021Violation dismissed 28 Dec 2021Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

27 violations on record in total, 3 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

80 complaints in three years, 22 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Noise2 / 40
  • Garbage and cleanliness18 / 28
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 8
  • Heat and hot water0 / 1
  • Electrical1 / 1
  • Other0 / 1
  • Walls and ceilings0 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

No HPD Housing Court cases on record for this building.

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

  • 20252 evictions

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2025No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 5 earlier reports
  • 2024No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Registered managing agent

    NAFTULI MOSSBERG

    Public records list NAFTULI MOSSBERG as the registered managing agent for this address as of 11 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

    Other buildings listed under this agent (3 in the records we hold)

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  • Owner of record

    SENECA AVENUE REALTY LLC

    Public records list SENECA AVENUE REALTY LLC as the owner of record for this address as of 11 Aug 2026. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city has 2 open hazardous violations on this building. Ask which apartments they concern and what has been done since.
  2. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2025). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  3. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 complaints in the last twelve months.
  4. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  5. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 4034360034 · Block 3436, Lot 34 · Building class C1